Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation What do cannabis investors want to see in a potential investment? Venture capital firms making cannabis investments Find cannabis venture capital investors with Visible The cannabis industry has taken off over the last few years as legalization sweeps across US states. Since 2011 venture capital investment in the cannabis space has gone from a tad more than $0 to $1.5B+ in 2019. To keep an eye on the space as it continues to grow, we wanted to share what venture capitalists are active in the space. Visible Connect is our investor database. Connect allows founders to find active investors using the fields we have found most valuable, including: Check size — minimum,…
In February 2021, we saw 11 VCs reveal their debut funds. Below, we will list out the firms’ verticals, investment stage, description, and more. All debut funds are curated from Axios Pro Rata Newsletter. To find the right investors for your business, check out Visible Connect. Trestle Partners – Feb 26 Trestle is a private investment fund investing solely in pre-Series A and Series A SaaS businesses. They secured a $30M on Feb 26th. They provide capital to founders so startups can continue to scale without committing to the Bay Area’s single-track approach to growth. View Profile Motion Venture – Feb 25 Motion Ventures is a strategic global venture investment fund designed for industry adoption to scale innovation, with a focus on early-stage investments. They secured $22.7M on Feb 25th. Motion…
New investors bring new opportunities! On a monthly basis, we will be highlighting some venture capital and private equity firms that have raised their debut funds. We will give insight into what verticals the debut firm looks to invest in and some of their guiding principles. All debut funds are curated from Axios Pro Rata Newsletter. Below are a few of the debut venture capital and private equity funds we have seen emerge throughout January of 2021. On January 6th, Access Holdings raised a total of $340M for their private equity investment focus on essential service-based businesses. As a Baltimore-based fund, Access Holdings raised one of the largest closed-end funds by a Mid-Atlantic PE firm. Check out Access Holdings’ Visible Connect profile below. View Profile Crossbeam raised $25M on January…
Over the past couple of years, we have seen a dramatic increase in financing for the food/beverage/restaurant industry. Recently, throughout the pandemic, there has actually been more investment into this space, as shown below and sourced from CB Insights. The increase in recent food industry investment can be explained by the pandemic exposing some of the food industry’s current flaws. With many brick and mortar stores shutting down for months at a time, investors have seen the fragile structure of thousands of in-person food businesses. Therefore, many investors seem to be optimistic about finding new solutions and creative ways to continue to grow and innovate within this food industry. Below, we give insight into 10 varying VCs within the food industry. You can further evaluate these investors and thousands more…
Raise capital, update investors and engage your team from a single platform. Try Visible free for 14 days. Quick Navigation Forgepoint Capital Dreamit Ventures Option 3 Ventures TenEleven Ventures Allegis Cyber Capital Paladin Capital Group Acrew Capital Greylock Partners Kleiner Perkins Bessemer Venture Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners SixThirty NightDragon Security Leadership Capital Lytical Ventures Get connected to cybersecurity VCs with Visible The year 2021 will bring more attention to cybersecurity than ever before. With the continued surge to work-from-home, companies all over the world are becoming more dependent on cloud-based and collaborative services such as Slack, Zoom, Notion, and more. Where there is business, there is capital. Below, we list out security-focused VC firms to keep an eye out for. ForgePoint Capital ForgePoint Capital is founded by pioneers of cybersecurity.…
In searching for your investor, every VC seems to have different stipulations and ranges for their check sizes. Many firms will initially write smaller checks to their first-time investments and larger checks to their recurring, portfolio investments. Finding a VC with a check size that fits your need can be difficult. We will segment some of our favorite VCs by typical minimum check size, sweet spot check size, and maximum check size. Related Reading: A Quick Overview on VC Fund Structure Angel Investors: Checks under $30,000 Jonathan Ozeran serves as an advisor for Great North Labs and is a hands-on investor that has seen many phases of growth. He focuses on several verticals, including AI, Mobile, Biotechnology, Digital Health, Health Care, Hardware, Insurance, and more. Check Size: Min. $10,000 —…
San Francisco and NYC hold the largest amount and value of venture investing across the US. However, with a plethora of urban areas, Texas is continuing to offer venture funding at a rapid pace. We will evaluate various VCs who are involved throughout Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. To keep an eye on Texas-based investments we wanted to share which venture capitalists are geologically active. Visible Connect is our investor database. Connect allows founders to find active investors using the fields we have found most valuable, including: Check size — minimum, max, and sweet spot Investment Geography — where a firm generally invests Board Seat — Determines the chances that an investment firm will take a board of directors seat in your startup/company. Traction Metrics — Show what metrics the Investing firm looks for when…
The COVID repercussions seem to have started flexing their muscles as the number of venture deals drops throughout August. As we mentioned back in April, the amount of finalized deals would most likely dip over the next 3-4 months (now). With the long process of finalizing term sheets, it seems that the previous halt of venture funding talk is starting to catch up to us. For Starters All of the mentioned deals have been solely recorded from Dan Primack’s Pro Rata daily newsletter. August posted 227 deals, our lowest we have seen since March (223), when the coronavirus frenzy started to pick up. These investments totaled $11,309,250,000, about $4B less than July. Only one recorded August deal surpassed the $1B threshold. Note: This is data collected from the Pro Rata Newsletter. Range of deal values…
As uncertain as the world continues to be, the venture capital ecosystem has been showing promising signs. Over the past 12 months of recording Axios venture data, July 2020 captured the most funding of any single month. Although there were not as many individually signed term sheets, the average deal size is significantly larger than in previous months. For Starters All of the mentioned deals have been solely recorded from Dan Primack’s Pro Rata daily newsletter. In total, July pushed out 277 deals totaling $15,436,950,000. Although there were 15 less deals than June, a handful of massive rounds helped push July’s total funding over $4B more than last month. Note: This is data collected from the Pro Rata Newsletter. Range of deal values for July: Minimum: $1,300,000 (2 Deals) Mode:…
